{"nrhp_refnum":"88002357","name":"US Post Office-North Tonawanda","other_names":["North Tonawanda Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"141 Goundry St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Tonawanda","county":"Niagara County","state":"NY","lat":43.02472936500004,"lon":-78.87277857899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, buff-brick Neoclassical post office at 141 Goundry Street (corner of Oliver and Goundry Streets) in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York, built 1912-14 and designed under Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect of the Treasury.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an outstanding and unusual example of an early twentieth-century public building in New York State. It combines plain facades with a limestone pedimented portico and a domed wood cupola, the earliest such cupola on a New York post office. It was built just before federal post office designs were standardized after 1915.","narrative":"Located at the corner of Oliver and Goundry Streets in North Tonawanda, this two-story post office was built between 1912 and 1914 and still serves as a post office. Its buff-colored brick walls rise from a limestone and granite base to a limestone cornice and balustrade, topped by a hip roof and a round wood cupola with Doric columns and a domed roof. A colossal portico with coupled columns and a triangular pediment marks the entrance. The cornerstone names Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect of the Treasury from 1912 to 1914, though the design may date to his predecessor James Knox Taylor's tenure. The building is valued as an unusual Neoclassical design blending Colonial Revival details, and its cupola is the earliest of its kind on a New York State post office. It was built in an industrial district near the railroad, where its dignified presence serves as a neighborhood landmark. The lobby keeps terrazzo floors, marble pilasters and an ornate staircase, and a 1961 rear addition does not contribute.","period_of_significance":"1912-14","architect_builder":"Oscar Wenderoth, Supervising Architect","architectural_style":"Neoclassical","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Public ownership and occupied; exterior retains a high degree of integrity and the interior to a lesser degree; a 1961 rear addition is non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.222993-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002357.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002357/31769a70f4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002357/31769a70f4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk). Original uploader was Pubdog at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Tonawanda_Post_Office_Nov_08.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk). Original uploader was Pubdog at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Tonawanda_Post_Office_Nov_08.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313983","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(North_Tonawanda,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7891012"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/niagara-county/us-post-office-north-tonawanda-88002357/"}